heywoodu

If anyone is interested in a different kind of cycling prediction contest, come join the pick'em game

Vuelta a España Pick'em Game - The Rules 1. Choose one unique rider for every stage, the deadline for the choice being the official start time of said stage - choosing more than one day ahead is of course no problem, for example if you know you'll be offline for some days or you just want to avoid forgetting to choose a rider. 2. To avoid problems with the possibility of edits after the stage started, do not edit posts in which you place your picks in any way after posting. If you want to make any change to your pick (fixing typo's, different rider etc), quote the post and post your list with the change 3. The position in which the rider finishes the stage is the number of points you get for that stage 4. The player with the lowest total number of points after the Vuelta wins the game 5. Everyone keeps track of their own scores. This is done publicly and while posting your new pick for the next day, so everyone can check your score if they want to do so. 6. The worst result of every player (so their highest points score) is scratched at the end of the Vuelta, leaving room for one 'save' in the case of a fall, DNF or other unfortunate incidents. 7. If your rider doesn't start or finish, the number of points you get for that stage is equal to the number of riders who finished that stage. 8. Rule 7 also counts if you choose a rider who you have already chosen before, since you can only choose every rider once and so you will need to have chosen a total of 21 different riders when the Vuelta has finished. 9. In case of a tie after the last stage, the winner is the one with the most 1st places, followed by 2nd places, and so on. 10. Just to avoid discussions, be clear on the names of riders, preferably simply write their full name or at least their first and last name ('Alberto Contador Velasco' is ok, but just 'Alberto Contador' is ok too). I suggest we all use the same format to keep it easy, for example like this: Username 1. Rider (points for this stage) - total points after this stage For example after three stages a list could look like this: heywoodu 1. Lars Boom (165) - 165 2. Peter Sagan (1) - 166 3. Michal Kwiatkowski (20) - 186 4. Jacques Anquetil Any questions? If not, I'd like to start with my pick for Saturday's prologue, where the first rider starts at 17.26 CET (and so that's the deadline and not one minute later) heywoodu 1. Michal Kwiatkowski

Anyone else F5'ing biathlonresults like.... ...waiting for start lists for tomorrow?

Go find a safe space, quickly

Meanwhile it's been 4-5 hours since I heard anything from out of Argentina, so I'm guessing there was enough snow up there for a race Or they're stuck in the lift again, that's the other option.

Saw that and I immediately thought about you

Kabaddi on CH3 I didn't see the score in that match luckily, now I turned back the live stream 2,5 hours to when the kabaddi broadcast started (women's semi-finals), this is gonna be a kabaddi-filled spoiler-free evening

The what?

Still, I want sports

What That sounds awful, I'll die by indoor bike suicide just to stop it.

Someone help me out: I'm about to have a 1:00-1:15 hour indoor bike training and instead of Netflix I might as well watch some sports now. On which of the six YouTube streams can I watch something easy to follow that's not finished within half an hour?

Today there is biathlon! Or....maybe. They're going up the mountain to check it out but nobody is sure yet that they can actually start. If they can, it will be a sprint. Probably....because they're also not sure about that yet Yay South American biathlon.

Better use it when you need it than save it and eventually not need it, right?

It's such a shame, the best of all shooting events

I wish there was a replay of that

Meanwhile China is being bullies, beating Hong Kong 123-31 in women's basketball.

They are my favourite part of Italy Süd-Tirol is one of the most beautiful areas I've ever seen.

I feel like we're going slightly off-topic

It was from Sillian (1km from Italy) to.....damn it. Meran, Bozen or Franzensfeste I think, but somewhere in Süd-Tirol Edit: Found my schedule of that day last December, it was Franzensfeste/Fortezza

The last time I was in a train in Italy, it had WiFi, actually Edit: Wait, now I'm confused if it originated in Süd-Tirol or on the other side of the Austrian border.

TRUMP HAS TWEETED AGAIN. JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW.

XC yesterday didn't happen. There was a lot of wind, so the ski lifts/cable cars weren't working. Then the wind died down for a moment and everyone decided to get in the lift because it started working....and after 2 minutes the wind came back and the lift stopped, so they were stuck in that thing for one hour, moving around in the wind and everything. Not everyone enjoyed it very much

I can't remember any religion ever being good for the rights and freedom of women to be honest

Disgrace! There was no collusion! Only the best people! Drain the swamp! Lock her up!

Police has also searched the hotel rooms of the Italian team after finding an Italian-made injection needle in the trash, but nothing else was found.